Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Zugl.: Regensburg, Univ., Diss., 2007

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Iowa, 1978. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 370-386).

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2004. / Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded Nov. 8, 1999, June 19, 2000, June 2, 2003, and Feb. 2, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of English, General Literature, And Rhetoric, 2008.

Thesis (S.T.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-138).

This dissertation considers the supportive and complementary relation between Mark Johnson’s embodied realism and Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do as a philosophical practice. In exploring this relationship, the emphasis on one’s embodiment condition and its relationship with metaphor and self-expression are the primary focus. First, this work involves providing an introduction to and an exploration of Johnson’s understanding of embodiment and his pragmatic realism with its foundation in metaphorical expression. Second, Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do serves as a kind of exemplification and possible case of effective metaphorical development founded upon a desire for metaphorical-based self-expression of a combat philosophy of embodiment. Third, an analysis of the convergence between the use of metaphor-based embodiment in Lee’s and Johnson’s philosophies is considered. In this respect, both views serve to promote communication and evolution of self-expression as a consequence of certain metaphors. In the final area of analysis, Peirce’s phenomenology offers an understanding of how Lee’s and Johnson’s metaphor-based embodiment provides a fuller context and awareness of the phenomena of embodiment.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Artes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte, 2016. / Submitted by Fernanda Percia França (fernandafranca@bce.unb.br) on 2016-08-26T16:35:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SamiraRabelloPereira.pdf: 54793800 bytes, checksum: 437f08da03a71c06b2d1a4dafac18f5d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana(raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2016-11-04T12:36:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SamiraRabelloPereira.pdf: 54793800 bytes, checksum: 437f08da03a71c06b2d1a4dafac18f5d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-04T12:36:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_SamiraRabelloPereira.pdf: 54793800 bytes, checksum: 437f08da03a71c06b2d1a4dafac18f5d (MD5) / Nesta dissertação, apresentamos uma leitura da instalação Invention, realizada pelo artista Mark Lewis, no contexto situacional da 31a Bienal de São Paulo. Na abordagem, utilizamos a ferramenta teórico-metodológica da semiótica discursiva. O objetivo aqui é investigar no campo relacional os efeitos dos sentidos que contribuem para a significação do objeto de arte e em que medida este colabora para a construção do discurso que o engloba. Pressupomos que os efeitos dos sentidos surgem da interação entre texto e contexto. Pretendemos demonstrar que o significado do objeto denominado artístico emerge das relações construídas no contexto em que este está ou foi inserido, bem como a maneira com que produz efeitos de sentidos, que cooperam para a construção do discurso curatorial. Por conta dessa acepção, focalizamos o tratamento da discursivização do texto plástico – Invention – para, dessa forma, alcançar seus desdobramentos significativos, bem como na iconização do texto plástico, para então colacionar os discursos, a obra e a exposição, buscando identificar as relações semânticas entre eles. Por fim, neste processo de contrapor os discursos, tentamos demonstrar a relação sintático semântica que emerge da interseção entre obra de arte e exposição para atingir o discurso. Percebemos que a obra Invention faz surgir paradigmas sociais, culturais e políticos inerentes à condição contemporânea, tal como percebido no discurso curatorial, além de atuar como ferramenta de manipulação deste. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / This dissertation we present a reading about the art installation Invention by Mark Lewis, in the situational context of the 31st Bienal de São Paulo. In the present approach is the methodological-theoretical tool used is the discursive semiotics. The aim of this work is to investigate, through the art piece reading, the relational field and the effect of senses that contribute to its meaning and also to understand its contribution to the construction of speech that includes it – the exposition. An exchange is assumed – the exchange in which the effect of senses emerges from the interaction between the combination: text and context. Therefore, this study aims to demonstrate that the meaning of the object called artistic emerges from the relations built within its context, as well as the way it produces effect of senses that contributes to the construction of the curatorial discourse. Because of this significance, the present work focuses, thence, on the treatment of the discursivization of the plastic text – Invention – to thus achieve its significant developments and the iconization plastic text, and then collate the speeches, the work and exposure in order to identify the relationships semantic between them. Finally, in the process of countering the speeches, we try to demonstrate the syntactic-semantic relationship that emerges from the intersection between artwork and exposure to achieve the speech. We realized that the Invention work raises social paradigms, cultural and political inherent to contemporary condition, as perceived in curatorial discourse, besides acting as a manipulation tool this.

Betong är idag ett av de mest använda byggnadsmaterialen och konstruktionen platta på mark en av de vanligaste grundläggningsmetoderna. Problem med sprickbildning i konstruktionen är vanligt förekommande och orsakas troligen av oliksidig uttorkning. Vid uttorkning krymper betong beroende på hur fuktig omgivningen är. I konstruktionen platta på mark är undersidan fuktigare än ovansidan, eftersom marken har 100% relativ fuktighet medan inneluften är betydligt torrare. Det innebär att plattans ovansida krymper mer än dess undersida. Denna oliksidiga uttorkning leder till en spänningsgradient genom plattans tvärsnitt och om dragspänningarna överstiger betongens draghållfasthet bildas sprickor. I denna studie har varianter av plattor på mark simulerats i FEM-Design i syfte att undersöka hur oliksidig uttorkning påverkar sprickbildningen i konstruktionen. Plattorna var kvadratiska med storlekar från 5x5 m2 till 80x80 m2 , 100 mm eller 200 mm tjocka, med eller utan fog, med fri kant eller fast lager och exponerade för olika sorters uttorkning och armeringsalternativ. Plattor av en storlek har simulerats med varierande bäddmodul, kantupplag och uttorkningsförhållanden för att undersöka bäddmodulens inverkan på sprickbildningen. Utöver detta har en betongplanka simulerats för att verifiera resultat från ett tidigare examensarbete vid Högskolan i Gävle. Totalt simulerades 1957 stycken plattor. Resultaten visar att oliksidig uttorkning av plattor på mark skapar moment i konstruktionen. Beroende på kantupplag och fog kan även axiala krafter uppstå. I många fall är de påverkande krafterna tillräckligt stora för att sprickbildning ska uppstå. Slutsatser från denna studie: Oliksidig uttorkning skapar moment och axiala krafter i plattor på mark. Införandet av fogar som låter delplattor röra sig är ett effektivt sätt att begränsa sprickbredder skapade av axialkraft. Storleken på moment, normalkraft och maximal sprickbredd är beroende av plattstorlek i plattor mindre än 30x30 m2 . Plattor på mark bör armeras i överkant med avseende på sprickor skapade av oliksidig uttorkning. Simuleringarna bekräftar slutsatsen från tidigare examensarbeten att uppböjning av kanterna i en platta sker på grund av oliksidig uttorkning. / Today concrete is one of the most commonly used building materials and slab on ground is one of the most used foundation types. Problems with cracking are a common occurance for slabs and are probably caused by uneven drying. While drying, concrete shrinks depending on the moisture of surrounding environment. A slab on ground is exposed to different moisture levels on top and bottom of the slab, since the relative humidity of the soil is 100% while the indoor air is much drier. This means that the slab top will display more shrinkage than the slab bottom. This uneven drying leads to a strain gradient through the cross section of the slab, and if the tension exceeds the tensile strength of the concrete cracking occurs. In this study different variants of slab on ground have been simulated using FEM-Design with purpose to examine the effects of uneven drying on cracking. The slabs were square with sizes ranging from 5x5 m2 to 80x80 m2 , 100 mm or 200 mm thickness, with or without joints, free edge or pinned support and exposed to different kinds of drying and reinforcement alternatives. Slabs of one size have been simulated with varying modulus of subgrade reaction, boundary conditions and drying conditions to determine the effect of the modulus of subgrade reaction on cracking in concrete. Beyond this a concrete plank has been simulated in order to verify results from a previous study at the University of Gävle. A total of 1957 slabs were simulated. The results show that uneven drying of slabs on ground creates moment and, depending on boundary conditions and joints, axial loads as well. In many cases the resulting magnitudes of the reactions invoke cracking in the concrete. Conclusions in this study: Uneven drying creates moment and axial loads in slabs on ground. The addition of joints which allow independent subplate movement is an effective way of limiting crack width caused by axial loads. The magnitude of moment, axial loads and crack width for slabs smaller than 30x30 m2 depends on slab size. Slabs on ground ought to be reinforced in the top part of the cross section with respect to cracks from uneven drying. The simulations confirm the conclusion from the earlier study regarding deflections in the plank caused by uneven drying.

This Master Thesis brings results of study on endangered species Alpine Longhorn Rosalia alpina in beech forest of National Nature Reserve Maly and Velky Bezdez and Slatinne Hills. We used mark-recapture method to study the population size, longevity and dispersal ability of this species. We also assessed the distribution pattern of the species on another 15 habitat patches in the Ralska Upland.